Dave Gutteridge wrote:
>
> Thank you for your suggestions.
>
> However, although I know I can choose Japanese as a language in the
> boot screen, this makes the entire interface Japanese which is not the
> desired result. Even though I could work in a Japanese OS environment,
> I don't want to have to conform to the OS, I want the OS to conform to
> me.
> Partly that's because I don't take orders from my computer. But also,
> my Japanese is good enough to handle everyday commands. But if
> something really weird and squiky happened with some kind of driver or
> RPM setting or something, I don't want to have to be learning UNIX
> commands and practicing Japanese at the same time.
> Nor is always logging out and back in really a feasible option either,
> given the frequency with which I need to have both languages available.
>
> CentOS/Red Hat/Linux gives the promise of being able to do so, or so
> it seems. So there's one of three choices:
> 1. I misunderstood the language settings potential, and perhaps
> someone could correct me.
> 2. My system is not configured correctly, and perhaps someone could
> help me correct the computer.
> 3. The feature has a significant bug which prevents it from operation,
> and so perhaps someone could help me in reaching CentOS or Red Hat to
> point out the bug.
>
> Unfortunately, this is one of those "deal breaker" situations. If I
> can't get Japanese support, then CentOS will be a curiousity for me
> while I mainly work in Windows. But if I can get Japanese support,
> then I can start using CentOS as my main OS.
>
> I hope there's someone who understands the language settings enough to
> keep CentOS alive for me.
>
> Dave
You can have multiple desktops with KDE & be logged in as different
users (in shells) on different desktops (man su(1)). That *may* be all
you need.
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William A. Mahaffey III
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